Defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth’s FBI background check came back as “unremarkable,” according to a report on Monday, a day before he appears before the Senate for his confirmation hearing.
According to Punchbowl News, his FBI file was delivered to Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Roger Wicker (R-MI) and Ranking Member Jack Reed (D-RI) late last week.
The outlet reported:
Sens. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Jack Reed (D-R.I.) — the chair and ranking member, respectively — are the only committee members who have viewed Hegseth’s FBI file, which was delivered to the panel late last week. Republicans on SASC who have been briefed say that the report is unremarkable.
In previous weeks, Democrats opposing his nomination had tried to insinuate that Hegseth’s background check by the FBI would be problematic for him.
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